Anybody have bcbs of nc ... I had read somewhere that they had took off the 6 month supervised diet...today a friend who had bypass told me her dr office said that as of October of 2014 it would again be one of the requirements... Any info would be greatly appreciated!!

I haven't heard of the oct 14 reinstatement, but they didn't actually get rid of the supervised diet requirement, it just went down to 3 months instead of 6 months.

The requirement was removed July of 2014. My surgery was November of 2014 and there was no 6 month requirement for me. They only revise the procedure annually so it won't change again (if at all) till July of 2015. Here is the link to the official medical procedure guidelines on the BCBS NC website. You will see it was reviewed May 2014 and next review is May 2015. All that being said, if your insurance is through an employer, they may have their own requirements that can differ from the BCBS requirements.

http://www.bcbsnc.com/assets/services/public/pdfs/medicalpolicy/surgery_for_morbid_obesity.pdf

Okay thanks for the information I really appreciate it.